Industrywide studies report: walk through survey of American Pharmaseal, American Hospital Corporation, Irwindale, California.

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• Personal Author:
  Greife, Alice L. ; Ringenburg V ; Stayner L
• Description:
  A walk through survey of American Pharmaseal (SIC-3841), division of American Hospital Corporation, Irwindale, California, was conducted in August, 1984. The purpose of the survey was to determine the feasibility of including the facility in a NIOSH industrywide mortality/industrial hygiene study of ethylene-oxide (75218). The company produced single use medical devices such as diagnostic trays and syringes and had sterilized these with ethylene-oxide since 1962. A review of personnel records showed that the facility could contribute 256 potentially exposed workers and 1,691 person years to the NIOSH study. The company had maintained a respirator program since 1979. Use of respirators in the sterilizer and quarantine areas was required. Company industrial hygiene data indicated that employees working in the sterilizer and quarantine areas had the highest potential ethylene-oxide exposures. Actual employee exposure in these areas was considered to be very low due to the enforced use of respirators. The authors conclude that the facility meets the requirements for being included in the NIOSH study: contributing at least 200 person years, having adequate personnel records to identify potentially exposed workers, and having no confounding exposure to a known leukemogen.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Exposure-levels Exposure-limits Field-Study Hazardous-materials Medical-facilities NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Quantitative-analysis Region-9 Workplace-studies
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Industry Wide
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-18
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00154843
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, IWS 67-32, 1985 Oct; :1-18
• CAS Registry Number:
  Ethylene oxide (CAS RN 75-21-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1986
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3841 - Surgical and medical instruments - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6a4a4602c3efa0420b9071241b451cc31d66a04b4443fff81da8308eaddeb49c53536780dffae03aa00e64c4408d9f5863704cb67764eb96094ade9362fe47fa
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179772/cdc_179772_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.53 MB ]